Galapagos islands travel, vacations, holidays and tours

Day 1 (SATURDAY)
Meeting and assistance upon arrival in Quito and transfer to the Hotel for overnight.

Day 2 – (SUNDAY)
Departure from Quito or Guayaquil to Baltra (a flight of about two and a half hours). Passengers are picked up at the airport by our guides and taken to the Itabaca Canal, then cross to the island of Santa Cruz and travel to Puerto Ayora.
Santa Cruz (Highlands)
One option is to travel through the highlands of Santa Cruz. Passengers will observe the twin pit craters and visit Cerro Chato. They’ll be able to observe the famous giant tortoises.
Additionally, travelers can walk inside the dormant lava tubes.

Day 3 – (MONDAY)
Española (Suarez Point)
Dry landing. Visitors will learn about the lava terrain and cross the inactive lava fields. Aside from its sea lion colonies, this is one of the most important sites for bird watching.
Many species, like the hooded mockingbird and red-billed tropic bird, can be spotted and observed closely. Past the nesting grounds there’s the world’s largest colony of waved albatrosses.
From May to December their mating rituals are a highlight of the visit. Afterwards there’s the famous blowhole, where water shoots 23 m (75 ft) up into the air.
Española (Gardner Bay)
Wet landing on a white coral beach amidst a large colony of sea lions. This site has no trails, so hiking is not possible.
It’s an open area where you can spot Galapagos hawks, American oyster catchers, Galapagos doves, hooded mockingbirds, three species of Darwin finches, yellow warblers, lava lizards, and marine iguanas.
It’s great for swimming and snorkeling, and you can see many Galapagos marine species like king angelfish, creole fish, damsel fish, parrot fish, manta rays, white-tipped reef sharks.

Day 4 – (TUESDAY)
Floreana (Cormorant Point)
Wet landing on a greenish-colored beach. Passengers will hike from black mangrove beds to a large brackish pond, which holds one of the largest flamingo populations in the Galapagos.
This island is best known for its endemic plant life like the Galapagos milkwort, passion flower, and button mangrove.
Novice snorkelers can practice on the main beach with playful sea lions; experienced snorkelers can roam around Devil’s Crown.
Champions
After Cormorant Point, there’ll be a one-hour tour in a dinghy along the coast to observe: blue footed boobies, sea lions, marine iguanas, and swallow-tailed gulls.
Deep-water snorkeling, this unforgettable activity lasts about an hour and it will be like swimming in an aquarium with colorful fish, tame sharks, and rays.

Floreana (Post Office)
Located on the northern side of Floreana Island, the bay was also called Post Office because, in 1793, Captain James Colnett installed an empty barrel to serve as an informal mailbox for sailors who passed by the Galapagos, taking with them the letters to their destinations.
Today, our visitors continue the tradition by placing unstamped postcards inside the barrel which reach their destinations free of charge. It can take weeks or months, or sometimes the cards never arrive at all!
A short walk away from the famous barrel, there’s a tunnel formed by lava flows. Down a path you can observe the mocking bird of Galapagos, some species of Darwin’s finches, yellow warbler and lava lizards.
After a short trip in the panga, you’ll make a dry landing at Lookout Point where you can enjoy a great view among marine birds.

Day 5 – (WEDNESDAY)
North Seymour
Dry landing. Guests will see swallow-tailed gulls and sea lions. This site is a major nesting colony of blue footed boobies and has the largest colony of the magnificent frigate bird. Travelers will also spot both iguana species, the marine iguanas and land iguanas, and then hike around the nesting sites.
Disembark at the docks (Baltra); passengers will take a bus to the airport for their flight back to the mainland via Guayaquil to Quito.
(AIRFARE INCLUDED).
Meeting and assistance upon arrival in Quito and transfer to the Hotel for overnight.

Day 6 - (THURSDAY)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight home , or connection flight to Lima to take an exiting extension to Peru, Cusco and Machu Picchu

INCLUDES:
All hotel and ship accommodations based on double occupancy. All scheduled transportation. All transfers. All scheduled excursions with English-speaking guide services. Domestic airfares . Meals as specified in the itinerary.

Note: We can replace above Hotels with other one with the same characteristics in the case that it becomes necessary for operative and other reasonable causes

NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEE:
International airfares, airport departure taxes, Galapagos National Park Tax & Emigration Card ($132 USD per person), special equipment rentals, excess baggage charges, alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages, insurance of any kind, laundry, phone calls, tips and personal expenses.

· We reserve the right to alter or omit any part of an itinerary, and reverse the order of places to be visited or change any space reservation without prior notice due to readjustment of National park policies, seasonal changes, safety reasons weather conditions or force majeure which may dictate these changes. These decisions are oriented in terms of passenger safety and in the interest of the islands conservation.